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The Carbon Footprint Wars challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment and offers some radical solutions for dealing with climate change.

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Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our collective carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Stuart Sim examines the issues in detail, raising questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so.Key Features *Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment *Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming *Provides a wide variety of case studies *Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relations

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The Carbon Footprint WarsWhat Might Happen If We Retreat From Globalization?Stuart SimClimate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our collective carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Stuart Sim examines the issues in detail, raising questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so.Key Features* Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment* Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming* Provides a wide variety of case studies* Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relationsStuart Sim is Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Sunderland. His most recent books are Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise and Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century both from Edinburgh University Press.

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The Carbon Footprint WarsWhat Might Happen If We Retreat From Globalization?Stuart SimClimate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our collective carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Stuart Sim examines the issues in detail, raising questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so.Key Features* Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment* Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming* Provides a wide variety of case studies* Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relationsStuart Sim is Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Sunderland. His most recent books are Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise and Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century both from Edinburgh University Press.

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Stuart Sim is Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Sunderland. His most recent books are Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise and Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century both from Edinburgh University Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: The Problems; 1. Introduction: The Carbon Footprint Wars: What is at Stake?; 2. Global Warming: The Evidence For; 3. Global Warming: The Arguments Against; 4. The Globalization Paradigm: Defenders and Detractors; Part II: The Solutions; 5. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles; 6. Living With Our Carbon Footprint: The Technological Response; Part III: The Consequences; 7. Worst-Case Scenarios: Economic; 8. Worst-Case Scenarios: Socio-Political; 9. Worst-Case Scenarios: Technological and Environmental; Part IV: Reassessing Global Priorities; 10. Reconstructing Geopolitical Relationships: The Ethical Dimension; 11.Reconstructing Geopolitical Narratives: A Radical Democratic Globe?; 12. Conclusion: Survival, Disaster, Trade-Off; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography.

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Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our collective carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Stuart Sim examines the issues in detail, raising questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so.Key Features*Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment*Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming*Provides a wide variety of case studies*Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relations

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Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our collective carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Stuart Sim examines the issues in detail, raising questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so. Key Features Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming Provides a wide variety of case studies Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relations

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Catalogue: ListingA new take on the climate change debate which links global warming and globalization and proposes some radical solutions.Main DescriptionClimate change is acknowledged to be the major problem facing the human race. And the need to reduce our carbon footprint is urgent. The war of words being waged over the appropriate way to deal with our global carbon footprint has critical implications for us all. Though whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of reducing our that footprint is questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies many dangers in the projected solutions: such as the repercussions of retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. Stuart Sim examines the issues closely and raises questions about the assumptions being made on both sides of the climate change divide. He argues that we must urgently address the problem of how to engineer the best possible trade-off between economic survival and ecological disaster - and he puts forward some radical suggestions about how we should set about doing so. Key Features*Challenges current policies about how to deal with global warming, outlining their potentially disastrous side-effects on society and the environment*Brings out the political complexities of the links between globalization and global warming*Provides a wide variety of case studies*Calls for a radical re-think of West-Third World relationsSelling Points*High-profile author with strong record of popularising topical issues*Forms a trilogy of trade books by Stuart Sim for EUP: Empires of Belief , which (2006) has sold 600 hardbacks, and Manifesto for Silence (2007), which has sold 650 hardbacks since publication *A pressing universal issue that will provoke argument and create media interest

Description for Teachers/Educators

Examples of relevant courses which cover the impact of climate change on the environment include:BSc, Environmental Science, University of StirlingBSc, Environmental Science, University of YorkBSc, Climate Change, Coventry UniversityBSc, Environmental Science with Business Management, Queen Mary University of LondonBSc, Earth and Environmental Science, University of LancasterBSc, Ecology and Conservation, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of SussexBSc, Environmental Science, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of SussexBSc, Environmental Science with Development Studies, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of SussexClimate Change Science, Impacts and Responses, Centre for Professional Development, Imperial College, LondonMSc, Environmental Management Programme, University of SouthamptonMRes, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, University of SouthamptonMSc, Climate Change, Climatic Research Unit, University of East AngliaMEnvSci, Environmental Science, University of SheffieldMSc, Education for Sustainability, London South Bank UniversityMSc, Ecology and Environmental Sustainability, University of AberdeenThe book will also be relevant to courses on Globalisation and Global Development such as 'International Politics of Climate Change' and 'Environmenal Degradation' on the MA on Globalisation and Governance, at Brunel University.'Cultural Difference, Globalisation and International Law' on the MSc in Public International Law and Globalisation, University of AberdeenCourses on 'Governance and Sustainable Development', 'Approaches to Governance and Sustainable Development', 'Sustainable Development in the European Union' on the LLM in Law and Governance, Queens University BelfastMSc, Globalisation: Origins, Development and Contemporary Impact, University of DundeeMA in Geographies of Globalisation and Development, University of Liverpool

Details ISBN0748637664 Author Professor Stuart Sim Pages 240 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2009 ISBN-10 0748637664 ISBN-13 9780748637669 Format Hardcover Imprint Edinburgh University Press Subtitle What Might Happen If We Retreat from Globalization? Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1953 Short Title CARBON FOOTPRINT WARS Language English Media Book Residence US Publication Date 2009-05-26 UK Release Date 2009-05-26 AU Release Date 2009-05-26 NZ Release Date 2009-05-26 Translator Richard Mitten Edited by Johanna Spanke Death 2013 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn DEWEY 363.738/74 Audience General We've got this

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